Thuringian-Franconian Slate Road
The Thuringian-Franconian Slate Road is a tourist themed road and connects places in three nature parks that are important for slate mining and slate processing . In the Franconian Forest , Thuringian Forest and Thuringian Slate Mountains / Obere Saale nature parks are the Thuringian-Franconian Slate Mountains , a range of mountains which, by its name, indicates its geological origin.
The approx. 96 km long slate road runs through Thuringia and Franconia from Steinach via Spechtsbrunn, Ebersdorf near Coburg , Ludwigsstadt , Probstzella , Marktgölitz , Oberloquitz , Reichenbach , Schaderthal , Unterloquitz , Hockeroda , Leutenberg , Grünau , Lehesten , Lichtentanner Mühle , roof slate pit Bärenstein , Schmiedebach , Technical Monument Historical Slate Construction / Slate Park Lehesten , Röttersdorf , Oßla , Wurzbach , Grumbach , Rodacherbrunn and Markt Nordhalben to Geroldsgrün .
The following museums and mines are covered by the Thuringian-Franconian Slate Road:
- Slate Museum Ludwigsstadt
- German Slate Museum , Steinach
- Lehesten slate park , Lehesten
- Lotharheil slate works , Geroldsgrün
- Morassina show mine , Schmiedefeld
Web links
- Thuringian-Franconian Slate Road. In: frankenwald-tourismus.de. Accessed August 30, 2020 .
- Thuringian-Franconian Slate Road. In: thueringen.info. Accessed August 30, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Route ( Memento from December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information from the Thuringian Slate Mountains / Obere Saale Nature Park ( Memento from September 14, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
Coordinates: 50 ° 29 '20 " N , 11 ° 23' 5.3" E